Beach Earns Regional Individual Wrestling Title for the Mounties

Northwest High School wrestler Cameron Beach, back, earned an individual wrestling regional title on Saturday at 113 pounds. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.

By Jeff Steers
JTV Sports

(February 19, 2023 8:00 AM) The sentence wrestling, regional, and Cameron Beach never came together until this year. 

The senior has experienced mixed results this week in regional wrestling for the Mounties.

Northwest lost 36-35 in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 team regional Wednesday. 

But the Mounties rebounded with seven state qualifiers at the D-2 individual regional at home Saturday. 

Beach, competing in his first individual regional, earned a championship with a 4-1 win in the final at 113 pounds. 

“I was a weird match as I got the first takedown and rode it out,” Beach said of the individual final. 

He improved to 34-6 on the season with the win.

Things weren’t so rosy on Wednesday as the Mounties led by five points heading into the final match – and led handily in the 120 pound weight class  – but the Mountie wrestler fell and passed out. 

It was an automatic forfeit.

“It was a freak accident like that … you can’t do anything about it,” Beach said. “We put that behind us today.”

The last name Beach is popular on the Mounties team as Kayden – a brother – and Gavin – a cousin – all wrestled for NWHS this year. Kayden is a junior, and Gavin is a senior. 

The Mounties had a large senior class on its roster this year.

“We all came in as freshmen,” Cameron said. “Being out there as part of a team is the best thing about wrestling.

“The guys are so close.”

Cameron Beach will be one of 24 wrestlers representing Jackson County at the MHSAA state individual finals beginning March 3. 

Here are the qualifiers, team, overall record, class, and placement in their respective individual regional tournaments. 

Division 2 at Northwest

Adam Haselius, Northwest, 46-0, senior, earned a regional title at 215 pounds. He is the defending state champion at 189 pounds in Division 2. 

Kyle Bonner, Jackson, 31-8, senior, finished second at 285 pounds at the Division 2 individual regional at Northwest. 

Cameron Beach, Northwest, 34-6, senior, earned a regional title at 113 pounds at home on Saturday in the Division 2 individual regional. 

Jeffrey Miller, Northwest, 34-9, freshman, took third place at 126 pounds at home on Saturday at the Division 2 regional. 

Caden Bayer, Jackson, 40-11, junior, finished fourth at 132 pounds at the Division 2 regional at Northwest Saturday. 

Gage Race, Northwest, 19-6, senior, finished fourth at 138 pounds at the Division 2 regional at home Saturday. 

Gavin Beach, Northwest, 25-18, senior, finished fourth at 150 pounds at the Division 2 regional at NWHS Saturday. 

Zach Jacobs, Northwest, 33-3, senior, won the regional title at 157 pounds with a pin in the championship match at home Saturday. 

Braden Gariety, Northwest, 35-8, senior, finished third at 165 pounds at the D-2 regional on Saturday. 

Division 3 at Adrian Madison

Aiden Bocanegra, Napoleon, 27-10, junior, finished fourth at 113 pounds at the Division 3 individual regional at Adrian Madison. 

Brenden Yob, Napoleon, 27-11, senior, finished fourth at 120 pounds for the Pirates at the Division 3 individual regional. 

Mason Roth, Napoleon, 25-7, junior, placed second at 157 pounds for the Pirates. 

Bart Laretz, Napoleon, 40-5, senior, finished second at 175 pounds at the Division 3 individual regional at Adrian Madison. 

Division 4 at Hudson

Jack Reid, Grass Lake, 24-7, senior, finished second at 190 pounds at the Division 4 regional at Hudson Saturday. 

Gaven Teller, Hanover-Horton, 20-12, junior, finished third at 190 pounds for the Comets at the Division 4 regional tournament at Hudson. 

Wesley Edie, Grass Lake, 32-6, senior, earned a regional individual title at 120 pounds.  

A.J .Fielder, Hanover-Horton, 38-4, freshman, finished second at 120 pounds at the Hudson individual regional Saturday. 

David Fielder, Hanover-Horton, 39-4, junior, finished second at 126 pounds at the Division 4 individual regional Saturday. 

Tobin Okoniewski, Lumen Christi, 24-16, senior, finished fourth at 132 pounds at Hudson. 

Reid Garcia, Lumen Christi, 25-8, senior, finished second at 144 pounds at the Division 4 regional at Hudson. 

Josh Frailey, Hanover-Horton, 37-7, senior, finished third at 150 pounds for the Comets. 

Clayton Clark, East Jackson, 32-9, junior, placed fourth at 157 pounds Saturday at the regional individual tournament at Hudson.

Colton Raffensburger, East Jackson, 31-17, junior, finished fourth at 165 pounds Saturday. 

Division 4 at Mendon

Collin Thompson, Concord, 31-14, junior, finished fourth at 138 pounds at the Division 4 individual regional at Mendon High School.